Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
GMB loses US$1,4m in maize import deal – NewsDay Zimbabwe 23/6/2021 BY FREEMAN MAKOPA THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) lost US$1,4 million in a botched maize import deal after it contracted a local company to import 10 000 metric tonnes of maize. This was revealed by Auditor-General Mildred Chiri in her 2019 audit report of …
Seed Co unveils new vegetable seed varieties Herald 23/6/2021 Seed Co chief executive officer Mr Morgan Nzwere (left) and agronomist Mr Francis Mapindani showcase a new cucumber variety at their head office recently Enacy Mapakame Business Reporter Seed Co Limited has introduced new vegetable seed varieties in line with the group’s vision of providing …
Lockdown widened to 12 more hotspots Herald 23/6/2021 Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Reporter THE Government has placed 12 more Covid-19 hotspot areas across three more provinces, under localised lockdown following a spike in cases over the last two weeks as efforts to procure two million more vaccines to reach the affected areas are underway. The …
$1,5 million Covid insulation for farmers Chronicle 23/6/2021 Farmers from Sebasa Irrigation Scheme in Gwanda receive sugar beans Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Chronicle Reporter GOVERNMENT in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has set up a $1,5 million Rural Poor Stimulus Fund (RPSF) to insulate small holder irrigation farmers against the effects of …
EMA adopts innovative ways to reduce veld fires Herald 22/6/2021 Veld fire Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has adopted innovative ways among them the extensive use of digital platforms to achieve its minimum target reduction of 25 percent of land lost to veld fires in this year. The agency’s manager …
Zim firms target Macfruit global fair Herald 22/6/2021 As part of the ZimTrade-organised export promotion activities, representatives from Cereals and Other Produce Board of Tanzania are in the country to engage producers of agricultural inputs for potential supply to the Tanzania market. Global Head of Research and Development at SeedCo Group (left) Dr Gorden …
Boustead Leather back on its feet Chronicle 22/6/2021 Boustead Leather employees busy at work at the company’s factory in Bulawayo Prosper Ndlovu, Business Editor BULAWAYO-based tannery Boustead Leather (formerly Wet Blue Industries) is back on its feet with operations now anchored towards tapping into opportunities in the wider leather value chain. Since coming out …
Zim to send smallest Olympic team ever Chronicle 22/6/2021 Donata Katai Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE will send their smallest number of athletes to the Olympic Games since the country attained independence in 1980. Five athletes, who include the swimming duo of Donata Katai and Peter Wetzlar, sprinter Ngoni Makusha, rower Peter Purcell-Gilpin …
Bubi-Lupane pilots rural industrialisation Chroncle 22/6/2021 The Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Dr Anxious Jongwe Masuka during his tour of the Bubi-Lupane Irrigation scheme in Lupane on Friday (Picture by Dennis Mudzamiri) Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter GOVERNMENT has identified Bubi-Lupane Irrigation Scheme in Lupane, Matabeleland North, as a pilot project …
Edible oil prices to drop — RBZ Chronicle 21/6/2021 Dr John Mangudya Harare Bureau THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it expects the prices of edible oil, a major household commodity, to fall in tandem with the rapidly declining global prices of the key raw material, crude cooking oil. Domestic prices of the …